Task · part of 1. Safety first: hazards, and ten safe practices
1(a). The likely hazards, and the gear that answers them
Required Often forgotten
Four verbs, not one: anticipate, mitigate and prevent, and respond. Then a separate answer on the safety gear AND clothing for this kind of work. A list of hazards on its own covers about a quarter of what is asked.
Notes and warnings
Note. FOUR VERBS, AND ONE OF THEM IS USUALLY ALL THAT GETS ANSWERED. You are asked to anticipate the hazards, to mitigate and prevent them, and to respond to them. Listing what could go wrong covers the first only. Then there is a second and separate question about the appropriate safety gear AND clothing for this work, which is not the same as naming the hazards.
Where this step comes from
- Home Repairs Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 1(a) · The requirement asks you to anticipate, mitigate and prevent, and respond to the hazards, and separately to describe the safety gear and clothing.